CHN urges the House and Senate to stand firm and not allow efforts to radically undermine Congress’ role in appropriating funds to support approved federal programs in ways that hurt people and communities across the country. We call on Congress to reject this rescissions package that enables the Administration’s attacks on important funding for communities, undermines the bipartisan appropriations process, and paves the way for further cuts to important programs at a time of our people’s increasing needs.
Archives: Voices
Top 1% to Receive $1 Trillion Tax Cut from Trump Megabill Over the Next Decade
The centerpiece of the tax and spending bill that President Trump signed on July 4 is a significant tax cut for wealthy families, partly tacked onto the national debt and partly paid for with cuts to health care, climate investments, and other public services.
America First? No, Corporations First.
Big corporations donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being dropped.
Power and Conscience: the Struggle is Not Over
Today’s action by Congress, and the tyrannous behavior of the Trump administration, are painful demonstrations that this struggle is not over.
The Real Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: Why the Coalition on Human Needs Urges House Members to Reject H.R. 1, the Budget Reconciliation Bill
The House of Representatives has the chance now to stop the reckless rush to enact this big and brutal piece of legislation.
The Coalition on Human Needs Opposes the House Budget Package
CHN strongly opposes the Congressional budget package’s deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in addition to other basic needs programs coupled with tax breaks that drain resources from lower-income families to give tax breaks to the wealthy plus fund family separation, border enforcement, detention, and deportation of immigrants — policies are wasteful, inhumane, and destructive to our communities and economy. We urge Congress to instead pause this process, defeat the bill, and instead look to protect and strengthen basic needs programs.
If Congress passes the budget reconciliation bill, more than 4 million Latinos are likely to become uninsured
The Senate is racing to finalize a bill that could eliminate coverage for millions. For Latinos, the consequences would be devastating.
The Coalition on Human Needs Opposes the Senate Budget Package
We urge the Senate to consider the serious consequences of this unprecedented shifting of resources away from people with low and moderate incomes to those with very high incomes while increasing the debt, and to stop the headlong rush to pass this legislation by an artificial deadline.
CHN Urges the Senate to Oppose Deep Cuts to SNAP, Reject the Senate Budget Package
For the first time, 900,000 parents living in every state with children over 13 years old are at risk of losing SNAP after just 3 months.
CHN Urges the Senate to Oppose Medicaid/ACA Cuts and Overall Budget Package, Vote No on Harmful Amendments
CHN urges the Senate to oppose Medicaid/ACA cuts plus the overall budget package, vote no on harmful amendments.
How Reconciliation Cuts Harm Civil Rights
The reconciliation process is primarily being used to fund tax cuts for the wealthy; propose deep cuts to essential services like Medicaid and SNAP.
Join the National Day of Action to Protect Basic Needs Programs
Please join us and our coalition partners on Wednesday, June 18, for a critical day of action to demand the Senate reject cuts to human needs programs and protect health care and nutrition access for tens of millions of people.